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Has Mattel ever made any official statement on how well the Filmation sub sold? I've seen people posting that it did great or didn't meet expectations with equal confidence. I still don't really understand why the mini-sub didn't need a base level of subscribers when it's the entire focus of the main sub model. It's level of success will surely factor into any decisions on a 2014 mini-sub and it's character/era choices.

Not really, but there have been comments similar to "we'll need to see how day of sales go", also looking at the Filmation mini sub most of the figures have had little new tooling to keep costs down.

But I really hope it's strictly vintage POP. Get the easy-to-do, minor new tooling gals out of the way in one fell stroke, maybe offering 1 must-have to bait it, but mostly, we have 9 PoP women left to do, and 6 slots in a mini-sub would guarantee they all get made by 2015.

I really am not sure if it will be a POP minisub. Maybe an "animation" minisub so it can cover a larger audience group.
How cool would it be to get a sub like
Flutterina, Prahvus, Lizardman, Double Trouble, Delora/Hawke, Fimation Hordak with Imp

Or any combination. Those r just an example. I really would be happy with any addtional figures we get. I just think instead of Filmation or POP a more general sub like " animaiton"

I really am not sure if it will be a POP minisub. Maybe an "animation" minisub so it can cover a larger audience group.
How cool would it be to get a sub like
Flutterina, Prahvus, Lizardman, Double Trouble, Delora/Hawke, Fimation Hordak with Imp

Or any combination. Those r just an example. I really would be happy with any addtional figures we get. I just think instead of Filmation or POP a more general sub like " animaiton"

To be honest, I'd prob pass on subbing unless they threw in General Sundar , Red Night or maybe Dylamug.

In the roadmap All Pop is supposed to be planned already.
I really think Mini Subs should be for figures we otherwise would not get.
such as another Filmation Sub, obscure character sub, concept char sub etc.

I mean I wouldn't want to see an NA, 200x or vintage add on sub either since eventually if the line goes on, most of those guys will be made.

I'm pulling for a 2nd Filmation sub this year so hopefully we can get Lord Maske who I've been waiting for a long time.

At this point a Club Etheria mini sub seems inevitable if they want to finish the vintage line before the end of 2015. We've seen 7 of the 12 monthly figures, and we know one of the five remaining slots will be a snake man, which leaves 4 monthly slots and 2 quarterly slots. If two or three of the remaining slots go to pop characters that leaves 5-6 pop characters (I think Loo-kie will be a pack in) plus Madam & Broom. That would be half of next year's sub, and I don't think they'll do that

I think the best line up for a pop mini sub at this point would be

Flutterina & Perfuma - Of the characters left from the vintage line these two have the most "girly" designs and offering them outside of the main sub, might help ease the backlash from the anti pop folks about the other pop girls in the main line

Double Trouble - With having very little media presence it's likely only die hard fans of the vintage line will want her

Spinarella - Being the rarest figure in the vintage line, getting her out sooner rather then later would be a kindness to the fans who never had a chance to own the vintage figure

Entrapta - As the last definitive villain of the vintage line she would help balance out the mini sub, as a bonus maybe they could toss Imp in as a pack in

Madam Razz & Broom - As I understand it mini subs have their own budgets, and Madam pretty much has to have completely new tooling, putting her in the mini sub keeps her from using too much of the main sub tooling budget.

This would leave Queen Angella, Mermista, Peekablue and Sweet Bee for the main sub. Hopefully Mermista and Peekablue in 2014 and Queen Angella and Sweet Bee in 2015

Last edited by Veronica Mars; October 11, 2013 at 05:20pm.
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